Features

It’s time to stop being a sweatshop on wheels

David Bradley's recent Truck News column in which he played the role of a Canadian truck driver has received much attention.Well, I am here to tell you that my name is Dave too, and I AM a Canadian tr...

A day at the races

NOTRE-DAME-DU-NORD, Que. - It normally isn't thought of as a city, this spot on the map that sits near the border of Ontario and Quebec. Barely 1,500 people call it their permanent home.But every summ...

Staying insulated

February's record spike in fuel prices is half a year in the past, but Canada's truckers aren't as insulated from high fuel prices as they might want to be.At press time (in August), the retail price ...

It’s in need of a fix

If it ain't broke, don't fix it. But what if it is broke and ain't no one trained to fix it? As if the driver shortage were not enough, the trucking industry is also facing a shortage of heavy-duty me...

LEND ME YOUR EAR

George Iacono, vice-president of Global Driver Services, has watched his company and his industry grow steadily over the past 12 years. While growth is good, some of the trends that have become part o...

Protests flare up again as truckers walk away from surcharge talks

As Motortruck was going to press, independent truckers, angry over high fuel costs, blockaded a Whitby, Ont. food terminal and several Whitby-area gravel pits, and were planning to protest further at ...

Play With the Big Boys

The powerful new breed of major-league software applications aimed at commercial trucking has a lot of forward-thinking fleet managers licking their lips. If only they could leap the hurdle of those h...

Marketwatch: A run down of the latest new technology releases

Link Logistics introduces online recruitment centreLink Logistics has launched an online recruitment centre for the trucking industry.The first phase of the site, accessed at www.driverlink.com, enabl...

Sink or Swim

The newest trend in online marketplaces for the transportation industry is the creation of "super sites" - electronic one-stop shopping centres that attempt to leverage technology to address chronic i...

Bandag makes breakthrough in retread tire performance

Bandag says its new FuelTech Drive and FuelTech Trailer tread designs and Synergy rubber compound are rewriting the rules about the fuel efficiency of retreads.In an SAE Type II fuel test, conducted b...

Trucker week’s dates should have remained the same

Dear Editor,In support to your Editorial Comment in the June issue of Truck News and West, "Let's settle on week's date and focus", would like to add, in my personal view, the trucking industry loses ...

Play with the Big Boys: The Key Benefits

- The ability to access more accurate and timely information as part of normal workflow leads to more profitable decisions.- Very little setup is required to get started, causing less startup trauma.-...

Brake system the weak link in truck safety: study

MONTREAL, Que. - If your rig crashes because of a mechanical failure, the chances are better than 50/50 that your brake system was partially or completely to blame.A malfunctioning brake system is als...

Ontario, Quebec sign deal on weights and dimensions

MONTREAL, Que. and TORONTO, Ont. - Quebec and Ontario have signed a new deal on weights and dimensions that is to take effect on Jan. 1, 2001, following seven years of protracted negotiations.Tandems ...

Freightliner unveils plan to refurbish used trucks

TOOELE, Utah - Arguing that it's time for OE's to come up with creative ways to deal with the glut of used trucks on the market, Freightliner has unveiled a plan to make the used-truck buying experien...